broadwell was celebrate to her whoth birthday at a dinner at washington. her husband called and canceled the event late friday. >> thank you. so, how does this scandal likely to play for a newly-elected president. abc's george stephanopoulos is here. lot of people, especially on the republican side, raising questions about the timing. some people say that this is a little fishy. is this scandal, does it have the potential to derail the president's agenda? >> i don't think so. i was a little surprised that this had gone on for several months. the white house was reportedly not told until wednesday. as long as they hold, you won't see any national security implications. the president was already planning to replace secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense leon pan net that was also planning on leaving. and there's that investigation of what happened in benghazi going on. >> david petraeus was set to testify in benghazi this week. the republicans aren't happy about that. >> unlikely to be good enough for a lot of members of congress. peter